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Life At The Peace And Permaculture Dojo
Jul 26, 2019, 1 comments, 14 smiles
é“å ´ (dojo) means a place (å ´ï¼‰of/for the path (é“）also known to the West as "dao". Our Dojo is in the early stages of development as a place of practice, and a place of nonviolent/peace activists to gather near Tokyo, but just far enough to be surrounded by rice paddies and the ocean.
In 2018, we experimented with our first residential internship program for Japanese. We had three spots that were filled up with nine people, including a family of five (and two goats). As everything is quite unstructured and organic at the Dojo, it was quite a challenging experiment for all of us, but the learning and growth was priceless.
Things we explored (a sample) ...
simple living e.g. building your own dwelling, cooking with fire and sun, washing by hand (including cloth diapers for two), eating almost completely locally, etc
community dynamics and nonviolent communication: how to be authentic, empathetic, and live harmoniously ... Read Full Story
Gift Economy In Japanese :)
Sep 26, 2018, 1 comments, 23 smiles
We're getting ready to do our first Karma Kitchen in Okayama, Japan, on October 14th! We had a great discussion session with Maki Saionji and the members of Gift Economy Lab in Japan as well.
Here is Katie Teague's video from few years ago, that we've subtitled, as a way to share core concepts to a Japanese speaking audience ...
